Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 2.69

स्रुवं तु कारयेत्पश्चात् आननेन समन्वितम् ।
चर कं द्व्यङ्गुलं वृत्तं कर्तव्यं तु सुशोभनम् ॥ 69 ॥

sruvaṃ tu kārayetpaścāt ānanena samanvitam |
cara kaṃ dvyaṅgulaṃ vṛttaṃ kartavyaṃ tu suśobhanam || 69 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.69 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sru, Sruva, Pashcat, Pashca, Anana, Samanvita, Kah, Dvyangula, Vritta, Kartavya, Sushobhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 2.69). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “sruvaṃ tu kārayetpaścāt ānanena samanvitam
  • sruvam -
  • sruva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sruvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    srū (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • kārayet -
  • kṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • paścāt -
  • paścāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paśca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    paśca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ānanena -
  • ānana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • samanvitam -
  • samanvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samanvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samanvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ cara kaṃ dvyaṅgulaṃ vṛttaṃ kartavyaṃ tu suśobhanam
  • Cannot analyse *cara*ka
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dvyaṅgulam -
  • dvyaṅgula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvyaṅgula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dvyaṅgulā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vṛttam -
  • vṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
    vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
  • kartavyam -
  • kartavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kartavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kartavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • suśobhanam -
  • suśobhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suśobhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suśobhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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